Posts Tagged ‘deferred shading’

The Dark Side of Deferred Shading: Light Groups

Much is made of the advantages of deferred shading, but to read most articles on the subject the only disadvantages are translucency and multisample antialiasing.  This is really doing a disservice to forward rendering, however, as there are many popular techniques in real-time computer graphics that are impractical in a deferred shading engine.  One of […]

Deferred Shading Shines. Deferred Lighting? Not So Much.

As I indicate in the subtitle of this blog, there is no single way to develop games.  The techniques used in game development are as many and as varied as the games themselves–what’s best for one game is not necessarily best for another.  The phrase YMMV (your mileage may vary) is pretty much a staple […]